Back عقلية استعمارية Arabic Kolonial mentalitet Azerbaijani Каланіяльны менталітэт Byelorussian উপনিবেশী মানসিকতা Bengali/Bangla उपनिवेशी मनोवृत्ति Hindi Mentalitas kolonial ID Mentalidade colonial Portuguese Колониальный менталитет Russian Mentalidadi coloniali SC Колоніальна ментальність Ukrainian
A colonial mentality is an internalized ethnic, linguistic, or cultural inferiority complex felt by people as a result of colonization, i.e. being colonized by another people and gaslit into assimilation[1] based on the belief that the language and culture of the colonizer are inherently superior to one's own.[2] The term has been used by postcolonial scholars to discuss the transgenerational effects of colonialism present in former colonies following decolonization.[3][4] It is commonly used as an operational concept for framing ideological domination in historical colonial experiences.[5][6] In psychology, colonial mentality has been used to explain instances of collective depression, anxiety, and other widespread mental health issues in populations that have experienced colonization.[7][8]
Notable Marxist influences on the postcolonial concept of colonial mentality include Frantz Fanon's works on the fracturing of the colonial psyche through Western cultural domination,[9] as well as the concept of cultural hegemony developed by Italian Communist Party Founder Antonio Gramsci.[10]
Criticism of the colonial mentality, however, is not solely a Marxist concept. Anti-Marxist nationalist intellectuals, such as Saunders Lewis, Máirtín Ó Direáin, and John Lorne Campbell, who have also favored political, cultural, and linguistic decolonisation, have also denounced the colonial mentality as a serious problem among their own people.
- ^ Nunning, Vera. (06/01/2015). Fictions of Empire and the (un-making of imperialist mentalities: Colonial discourse and post-colonial criticism revisited. Forum for world literature studies. (7)2. p.171-198.
- ^ David, E. J. R.; Okazaki, Sumie (1 April 2010). "Activation and Automaticity of Colonial Mentality". Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 40 (4): 850. doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00601.x. ISSN 1559-1816.
- ^ David, E. J. R. (2010). "Testing the validity of the colonial mentality implicit association test and the interactive effects of covert and overt colonial mentality on Filipino American mental health". Asian American Journal of Psychology. 1 (1): 31–45. doi:10.1037/a0018820.
- ^ Anderson, Warwick; Jenson, Deborah; Keller, Richard Charles) (2011). Unconscious dominions : psychoanalysis, colonial trauma, and global sovereignties. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822393986. OCLC 757835774.
- ^ Goss, Andrew (2009). "Decent colonialism? Pure science and colonial ideology in the Netherlands East Indies, 1910–1929". Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 40 (1): 187–214. doi:10.1017/s002246340900006x. ISSN 1474-0680. S2CID 143041214.
- ^ Felipe, Lou Collette S. (2016). "The relationship of colonial mentality with Filipina American experiences with racism and sexism". Asian American Journal of Psychology. 7 (1): 25–30. doi:10.1037/aap0000033.
- ^ Paranjpe, Anand C. (11 August 2016). "Indigenous Psychology in the Post- Colonial Context: An Historical Perspective". Psychology and Developing Societies. 14 (1): 27–43. doi:10.1177/097133360201400103. S2CID 145154030.
- ^ Utsey, Shawn O.; Abrams, Jasmine A.; Opare-Henaku, Annabella; Bolden, Mark A.; Williams, Otis (21 May 2014). "Assessing the Psychological Consequences of Internalized Colonialism on the Psychological Well-Being of Young Adults in Ghana". Journal of Black Psychology. 41 (3): 195–220. doi:10.1177/0095798414537935. S2CID 146178551.
- ^ Rabaka, Reiland (2010). Forms of Fanonism : Frantz Fanon's critical theory and the dialectics of decolonization. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739140338. OCLC 461323889.
- ^ Srivastava, Neelam Francesca Rashmi; Bhattacharya, Baidik (2012). The postcolonial Gramsci. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415874816. OCLC 749115630.